Is it ever possible to receive a station or stations from the same area via tropo and via E-skip at the same time? I imagine California to Hawaii tropo and E-skip could be possible at same time although extremely rare. Has anyone ever documented such unusual DX conditions?
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Tropo DX and E-skip at the same time?
- Thread starter Buckeyes2001
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It would have to be some real good long distance tropo but tropo is best at night and early morning, times when e skip is much less likely.
Also, the time of year when tropo is the best, at least here anyway, is early spring and there's no e skip then.
I've gotten tropo here in Tampa from across the Gulf in Texas and I've gotten e skip from there too but at two different times of the year and there's no real overlap with our tropo season and the start of the e skip season.
Maybe it's different up north but I've never gotten tropo up there that would equal the distance of even the shortest e skip which is around 500 miles.
Also, the time of year when tropo is the best, at least here anyway, is early spring and there's no e skip then.
I've gotten tropo here in Tampa from across the Gulf in Texas and I've gotten e skip from there too but at two different times of the year and there's no real overlap with our tropo season and the start of the e skip season.
Maybe it's different up north but I've never gotten tropo up there that would equal the distance of even the shortest e skip which is around 500 miles.
I have actually gotten "double-hit" DX at the same time. From my Stoughton, MA location back in '94, WYFI/99.7 Norfolk, VA came in via tropo early in the day and once again later that day with an e-skip opening as well as many other Tidewater (VA) and Carolina stations. WYFI is a curious animal. I have heard this station on trops, e-skip, meteor scatter AND aurora! 99.7 (in my area) was a great DX frequency until Wakefield-Peacedale, RI fired up on the frequency a few years back. My equipment was nothing special, a SONY VX/STR750 receiver (w/110 kHz filters) and a 5 element Yagi (with the "Armstrong" rotor). You'd be amazed on what people use to get those DX stations! 
So, in answer to the question.....YES, trop and e-skip from one particular station is possible!
So, in answer to the question.....YES, trop and e-skip from one particular station is possible! Tropo and e-skip of the same station would sound just like multipath.
I have had e-skip during a tropo opening. The presence of tropo seemed to enhance the e-skip, but also confuse me as to which stations are coming in via which mode, and the tropo eats up all the empty frequencies.
I have had e-skip during a tropo opening. The presence of tropo seemed to enhance the e-skip, but also confuse me as to which stations are coming in via which mode, and the tropo eats up all the empty frequencies.
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